CUSTOMS SIMPLIFICATION ACT STANFORD HEARINGS BEFORE THE LIBRARY JUN 9 1952 DOCUMENT COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 5505 AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE PROVI- DIV :98600 APRIL 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, AND 29, 1952 Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1952 TOM CONNALLY, Texas COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WALTER F. GEORGE, Georgia, Chairman HARRY FLOOD BYRD, Virginia EUGENE D. MILLIKIN, Colorado. Testimony of— Acer, Victor A., vice president, Spencer Kellogg & Sons, Inc., Buffalo, 279 Altschuler, Benjamin M., counsel, Customs Brokers and Forwarders Anthony, Richard H., secretary, the American Tariff League 213 124 274 270 Bennett, Fred, chairman, import and customs committee, Commerce 82 Bennett, Julia D., director, Washington office, American Library 231 Berkowitz, Max, codirector, National Authority for the Ladies' 217 Breckenridge, John, the Dehydrated Onion and Garlic Industry 232 Canfield, Robert E., American Paper and Pulp Association, New York, 66 Casey, James H., executive secretary, National Association of Leather 249 224 135 168 Cohen, Samuel Harris, attorney, Pocketbook Workers Union, AFL Graham, Hon. John S., Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury, accompanied by Philip Nichols, Jr., General Counsel, Renegotiation Board; W. R. Johnson, Assistant to the Com- missioner of Customs, and Charles McNeill, Assistant General Grinberg, P. Irving, executive vice chairman, Jewelers Vigilance 280 202 104 Hinckley, Hugh F., Associated Representation of Staffordshire Potters Huston, Howard, American Cyanamid Co....... 184 O'Mahoney, Hon. Joseph C., United States Senator from the State of 251 Pinkussohn, Lewis A., Jr., assistant secretary, Camillus Cutlery Co. - Radcliffe, Harry S., executive vice president, National Council of Ray, John, chairman, Import and Customs Committee, Detroit Board 69 Text of H. R. 5505-Continued Page Testimony of-Continued Rothschild, Louis, executive director, National Association of Retail 222 Shapiro, Benjamin, president, National Handbag and Accessories 220 Strackbein, O. R., chairman, National Labor-Management Council Taylor, Wayne C., consultant, Mutual Security Agency- Tipton, Stuart G., general counsel, Air Transport Association of 114 Tomkins, Allerton de Cormis, committee on trade barriers, United Walinsky, Ossip, president, International Handbag, Luggage, Belt and 228 Wellman, Arthur O., president, Nichols & Co., Inc.......... 209 American Association of Nurserymen, Inc., Washington, D. C.: 191 American Chamber of Commerce for Trade with Italy, Inc., New 176 American Cyanamid Co., New York, N. Y.: Letter from Howard American Farm Bureau Federation: Letter from John C. Lynn, legislative director, to chairman, April 21, 1952....... American Retail Federation: 186 Advertisement from New York Times_ 61 63 American Warehousemen's Association, merchandise divison: Letter 314 American Vegetable Oils and Fats Industries: Brief of John B. Gordon, 286 American Watch Association, Inc.: Statement of S. Ralph Lazrus, Associated Representatives of Staffordshire Potters: Statement of Association of the Customs Bar: Statement of J. Bradley Colburn.. Book_Manufacturers Institute, Inc., New York, N. Y.: Letter from California Fig Institute, the: Statement of John Breckenridge. Camillus Cutlery Co., Camillus, N. Y.: Letter from Alfred B. Kastor, chairman of the board, April 15, 1952 Carpet Institute, Inc.: Statement of Merrill A. Watson, president__ Chamber of Commerce of the United States: Letter from Clarence R. Miles, manager, department of governmental affairs, to chair- Close & Stewart, Spokane, Wash.: Letter from Ralph M. Close to 54 106 303 24 312 317 35 52 Additional information submitted by-Continued Commerce and Industry Association of New York, New York, N. Y.: Statement of Fred Bennett, chairman, import and customs com- Commerce Department: Letter from Charles Sawyer, Secretary, to Curtis & Tompkins, Ltd., San Francisco, Calif.: Letter from H. de Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc., New Resolution__. Statement of John C. Ray, chairman, import and customs com- Export Managers Club of New York, Inc., the: Letter from Oren O. Illinois Manufacturers' Association, Chicago, Ill.: Letter from Importers Association, Inc., Chicago, Ill.: Statement of A. C. Tyre Kansas City Chamber of Commerce, Kansas City, Mo.: Letter from Arthur O. Terrel, chairman, foreign-trade committee, to chairman, Brief submitted to House Committee on Ways and Means. Legislative history-application of ad valorem rates of duty- National Association of Waste Material Dealers, Inc., New York, N. Y.: Letter from Clinton M. White, executive vice president, to 113 223 54 inporters, Inc.: Statement Harry S. Radcliffe, executive vice sident National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, Washington, D. C.: Letter from John J. Riggle, assistant secretary, to chairman, April 23, National Federation of American Shipping, Inc.: Letter from A. U. National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., New York, N. Y.: Letter from William S. Swingle, president, to chairman, February 4, 1952_ _ _ |